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If every adult joined together to make sure kids learn how to read by the time they reach the third grade, the kids would sound like Luke Valladares.
The confident 3rd grader read an excerpt from Roald Dahl’s “The...

Edmodo.com, in case you are not familiar, is essentially Facebook for educators. To get access to the social network, you sign up for it and plug in your educator “credentials” or affiliation with education.
Once you...

If you need help easing back into the classroom, PBS Learning Media has resources to help: lesson plans for each day of the week back to school.
They have a catchier name for this series. It’s called Lesson-Plan-a-...

Dropbox was on my “summer learning list” of apps to check out and learn about and when I needed to send multiple pictures and videos to a colleague, the app turned out to be a very useful.
Since the videos were...

Are you looking for a new book to take with you on vacation? Maybe you are using your summer to catch up on all the books on your "must read" list?
Buzzfeed put together a list of 37 books every creative person needs...

Ann Kohler is presenting at ISTE 2014 today on Breaking Barriers: Gaming in the Special Education BYOT Classroom. That makes sense as she is an extraordinary and tech savvy teacher.
Because of her high tech...

This is a test we encourage you to take and we promise you'll likely find the exam rewarding.
PBS Learning Media will be freshening up the site and introducing new tools like quizzes and digital posters.
We need...

This week marks the 50th anniversary of that summer of 1964 when black and white volunteers from across the country went down to Mississippi to end rigid segregation and blocking voter registration among blacks.
The...

As I mentioned in a previous blog post, Victoria Bostic and I were in Virginia last week supporting Lesley McClendon at the PBS Learning Media Digital Innovators summit. She and 16 other exceptionally tech savvy...